23 Best Heartbreak Quotes That'll Get You Right In The Gut

In everything you do, everything you say, and everywhere you go, they are there.

Everyone remembers their first real heartbreak and breakup. There's no other pain like it. It's so bad that it leaves you at a loss for words. After you get through it, you will never be the same.

But when you're trying to learn how to get over heartbreak and pick up the pieces, it may help to read broken heart quotes and hear someone else's words of encouragement to know that you're not alone. We asked people to tell us exactly what heartbreak feels like, and they summed up pretty well with these heartbreak quotes.

1. Anyone seen a heart?

"It feels like you lost something and you know you can't find it."

2. There's no escaping the memories.

"In everything you do, everything you say, and everywhere you go, they are there. You can't escape the memories of all the things you once had. To have your heart broken is to be haunted."

5. Nothing seems to matter anymore.

6. You try and figure out how you could have saved the relationship.

"You obsess over it. The 'what ifs.' The 'forget it, whatever I'm over it.' The 'I'm fine.' Then, inevitably cycle back around until any of those is true."

7. It's forever haunting.

"It never goes away. It's a 3 AM silent scream."

8. It's like you'll never love again.

"Like nothing will ever be as good as it was. Nothing is worth all your effort like they were. No one will ever make you feel like they did."

9. It's overwhelming pain.

"Like you've lost something that you can never get back, but it's a loss that's so big you can't even start to comprehend it, you can't fight it, and just drown in it."

10. You lose your drug.

"Similar to drug withdrawals. P.S.: all the alcohol and w***** in the world won't help."

11. It's hard to even begin to measure.

"Hold your breath for as long as you can and don't eat for three days straight and you're halfway there. Only thing missing would be the black empty pit that hollows your chest every time you think of her."

12. Broken promises...

"It hurts the most when they promise you the world, but all you ever wanted was to be part of theirs. The realization that they'll belong to someone else kills you inside."